Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Cooper
First Names
Manuel
Rank
Drummer
Soldier No
67
Regiment / Department
1st Regt Madras NI (Native Infantry) (Shaik ModeenPoranna) Left Wing
Medal Rolls
MR12
Original Text from book
Cooper, Drummer Manuel (67) Left Wing, 1st Regt. Madras N.I. (Shaik Modeen Porannah) MR12 (2 refs.)
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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